POLISH CREAM CHEESE COOKIES
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 2h
Yield About 36 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Beat the cream cheese, butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl as needed. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour and salt until combined. Divide the dough between 2 large pieces of plastic wrap. Flatten into 1/2-inch-thick disks and wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350˚. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll out 1 disk of dough on a lightly floured surface until about 1/8 inch thick, dusting with more flour as needed. Cut out 2 1/2-inch squares using a sharp knife or a 2 1/2-inch square cutter. Lift the cutouts using an offset spatula and arrange 2 inches apart on one of the prepared pans. Gather the scraps and refrigerate.
- Spoon 1 teaspoon preserves onto the center of each cutout. Fold in two opposite corners to overlap in the middle and press down to seal, spreading the preserves slightly. Sprinkle the dough with coarse sugar.
- Bake, rotating the pan halfway through, until the cookies are puffed and the edges are golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the pan, then remove the cookies to a rack to cool completely.
- Repeat with the other disk of dough, plus the reserved scraps, to make more cookies.
CREAM CHEESE KOLACKY
The dough for these cookies is what makes them exceptional. I always quadruple this recipe for the holidays. Most popular fillings are peach, apricot, raspberry and date. Use your imagination! This year I'm trying Michigan cherry preserves and cranberry marmalade. You better hide a few for Christmas day--these are the ones that go first!
Provided by MBMCD
Categories Desserts Cookies International Cookie Recipes American Cookie Recipes
Time 3h25m
Yield 30
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add flour slowly until well blended. Shape into a ball and chill overnight or for several hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Roll dough out 1/8 inch thick on a floured pastry board. Cut into 2 1/2 inch squares and place about 1/2 teaspoon jam or preserves in the center. Overlap opposite corners and pinch together. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks. Sprinkle kolacky lightly with confectioner's sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 72.1 calories, Carbohydrate 8.2 g, Cholesterol 11.3 mg, Fat 4.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 32 mg, Sugar 3.9 g
ROSHKY (SLOVAK COOKIES)
The holiday season at DH's Grandparents' house in Chicago was always filled with interesting sweets shared by friends and neighbors from various European heritages. I found this treasure in DH's Grandmother's recipe box. She clipped it from the "Reader's Exchange" of the Chicago Daily News (which published its last edition in 1978). It was submitted by a Mrs. Mikosz and I've shared it here with her careful instructions. There was no yield included so I guessed. Please let me know how many you end up with. (Baking and chilling time are estimated too.)
Provided by Acerast
Categories Dessert
Time 3h
Yield 4 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cream together thoroughly the butter and cream cheese.
- Blend in the flour.
- If mixture is sticky add a little more flour until the dough is easy to handle.
- Divide dough into four equal balls; flatten, then wrap each in waxed paper and chill thoroughly.
- To make filling, mix together walnuts and sugar, adding enough milk or beaten egg white to make a paste-like mixture.
- One at a time, roll out each chilled piece of dough (use confectioner's sugar for rolling as you would use flour in making pastry), until a little thinner than pie dough.
- Cut into 2-inch squares.
- Put 1/2 teaspoon filling in the middle of each square.
- Roll up. Seal ends. (Mrs. Mikosz does not say if you are to roll them end-to-end like a log or corner-to-corner. I remember seeing many corner-to-corner cookies so will try both and see how they turn out - please let me know what you do too).
- With a fork, dipped in confectioner's sugar, shape into cresents.
- Bake in a preheated 375F oven, on ungreased cookie sheets, for 20 minutes, or until golden. (dharmabean shared that 15 minutes was enough in her oven - see her review).
- Cool on rack.
- Sift confectioner's sugar over the tops.
SOPHIE'S KOLACKY
This is my grandma's (Sophie) kolacky recipe, and it probably came from her grandmother in Poland. My family can't get enough of these at Christmas.
Provided by Peggy Malecki
Categories Bread Holiday Bread Recipes
Time 1h35m
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
- Using a pastry blender or food processor, cut butter into cream cheese.
- In a small bowl, sift dry ingredients together except for confectioners' sugar.
- Work dry ingredients into butter/cream cheese mixture until you have an even, mealy texture.
- Knead to form a stiff dough. If the dough gets too soft, refrigerate for about five minutes before continuing.
- Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Using a cookie cutter or glass, cut into about 3 inch diameter cookies. Keep re-rolling dough until you have used it all. Use your thumb to make a depression in each cookie. Place a 1/2 teaspoon of filling in the depression.
- Bake for about 20 minutes (until lightly golden). Let cool on a cookie rack. Dust lightly with confectioners' sugar. Store in an airtight container
Nutrition Facts : Calories 216.4 calories, Carbohydrate 21.9 g, Cholesterol 37.5 mg, Fat 13.7 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 8.6 g, Sodium 185.8 mg, Sugar 2.3 g
KOLACKY
Provided by Barbara Grunes
Categories Cookies Dessert Bake Christmas Vegetarian Kid-Friendly Condiment Chill Party Jam or Jelly Sugar Conscious Kidney Friendly Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield Makes 36 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- 1. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese, butter, and sugar on medium speed until light, about 2 minutes. On low speed, gradually beat in the flour just until mixed. The dough will be soft and sticky.
- 2. Divide the dough in half. Pat each half into a thick disk and wrap separately in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm enough to handle, at least 1 hour or up to 1 day.
- 3. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease or spray cookie sheets.
- 4. Dust a pastry cloth or board with flour or confectioners' sugar. Remove 1 dough disk from the refrigerator and place it on the pastry cloth. Keep the remaining dough disk refrigerated. Roll out the dough into a square or rectangle 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 2 1/2-inch squares.
- 5. Place 1 teaspoon of the filling in the center of each square. Pull 2 opposite corners of the square into the middle, and pinch the edges together to seal. Place the cookies on the prepared cookie sheets, spacing them about 1 1/2 inches apart. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
- 6. Bake in the center of the oven until lightly golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheets for 1 to 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks. Dust the tops with sifted confectioners' sugar while still warm, then let cool completely.
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